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That happens to us often enough, does it not?Protarchus
It certainly does.Socrates
And the images of the true opinions are true, and those of the false are false?Protarchus
Assuredly.Socrates
Then if we are right about that, let us consider a further question.Protarchus
What is it?Socrates
Whether this is an inevitable experience in relation to the present and the past, but not in relation to the future.Protarchus
It is in the same relation to all kinds of time.
It certainly does.Socrates
And the images of the true opinions are true, and those of the false are false?Protarchus
Assuredly.Socrates
Then if we are right about that, let us consider a further question.Protarchus
What is it?Socrates
Whether this is an inevitable experience in relation to the present and the past, but not in relation to the future.Protarchus
It is in the same relation to all kinds of time.